Luckymoose
The World is Mine
Or, much more appealing, how many people you lied to and then actually attacked them.
I lied to no one.
AFSNES I The New Dawn
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I lied to no one.
~Darkening~
Weep, Mother.
Please. I'm still expecting your attack- I'd be sorely disappointed if I did all that defense for nothing 
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Luckymoose
The World is Mine
Please. I'm still expecting your attack- I'd be sorely disappointed if I did all that defense for nothing
Complete waste of resources which were needed in a far more important location.
jeps
Arcadefire
lurker's comment: Insane_Panda, how do you get hebrew to work here? everytime I try it comes our as אבגדהוזחטיכלמנסעפצקרשת
EDIT: woah, it works now. it never worked before.
EDIT: woah, it works now. it never worked before.
das
Regeneration In Process
Update XIV - Years 766-770 AD
Domestic Events:
Upon the end of the Eldslandic Dyarchy, Ingharr Bjornsson the son of Bjorn Olafsson ascended to the throne as the second true monarch of Eldsland, establishing a proper monarchic tradition and institutions with his reforms (+1 Confidence). Meanwhile, the remnants of the southern coast had been successfully secured. Progress in the north was slower.
The new Hibernian High King, Colieain mac Adhaimh, disbanded the system of Low Kingdoms, consolidating royal power. This move might have been seen as outrageous and led to a bitter civil war in earlier times, but in this case it came as the culmination of decades of socio-economical evolution that, thanks to royal reforms and growing commerce, led to the erosion of the old system. Still, not all were happy; and greater consternation (in part also that of Caerixian religious authorities) still was caused by Colieains eccentric policy of reappointing the Low Kings as local bishops; all in all, the new king wasnt nearly as well liked as his senile, newly-deceased father (-2 Hibernian Confidence).
In Arecomicia, as per the agreement of High King Galam and Telamondessos Rhodri, a new unified state was created and tentatively named the Celtic Empire. Soon after, several reforms were to introduced, both to draw the two polities closer together directly and to create a stronger foundation for the new empire. The military was formally unified (though that meant fairly little beyond common supreme command). The relative vacuum of power created by the collapse of the former social order in Suessus waning days in parts of Caerix was filled with a new, meritocratically-promoted petty nobility. Though the Telamondessos remained Head of the Church, clerical hierarchy was now further separated from the political bureaucracy and emphasis on the missionary activities grew. Meanwhile, Suessus noble council was restored and restructured into a tri-cameral organisation, with the Mohr-Connáil as a separate high council of the monarchs closest advisors, the Taibhard for the uppermost nobility (especially that of Pictavia and of the Turenid Houses) and the Taibsligh for petty nobility and the wealthy merchants. This was in order to harness support from the lower ranks of the population without antagonizing the upper, as well as to grant the new state much needed flexibility, though thus far it did not move any further with its reforms. For the most part, the new reforms were accepted (whether gladly or grudgingly), but the caution was probably not unwarranted as the southern country, at least, was still very much shaken.
With the death of Harald of Vikland and in accordance with the Oath of Abona (which the Viklander nobility neither dared nor largely wished to oppose, having been both intimidated and impressed by the succesful war against Caerix), Gorm of Danelaw had united the entirety of the Scandic world. Upon this tremendous occasion, Gorm claimed for himself the title of Raven King and proclaimed the creation of an unified realm of the Norse Nordarike. Although the capital (at least for now) remained in Aarhus, the Viklander nobles were suitably appeased and persuaded that they shall both retain their privileges and have an important place in the new regime. In the meantime, on the other side of the Baltic, the Latgallian principalities were fully integrated into the new realm as well, while the ever-expanding Slavic possessions were unified under Vladimir of Gnezdovo as the Principality of Gardarike, which was granted a great deal of autonomy but ultimately remained under Nordarikan control and scrutiny.
Fearing overstertchment, the Lughenburgers annexed the eastern half of Ashaist Burgundsrich, ignoring the west, at least for now.
After a grand ceremony, Emperor Conrad officially became the King of Langobardia, as the country was politically integrated into Gallien.
Under a rapid succession of poor rulers and with unwelcome changes in the key trade routes, Rzeka entered a definite decline (-2 Rzekan Confidence, -1 Rzekan Living Standards).
With the completion of the Archopolis in the place of the former Arecomos, the Imperial Hellenic Ascendancy officially came into being, Archelus taking the title of Ascendant Hegemon and Arganthinopolis and Heraklion becoming centres for the two halves of the far-flung naval empire (though technically, greater importance was granted to the High Archonates in lesser regional centres) (+1 Hellenic Confidence).
In Nubia, a new Emperor rose to the throne under the name of Shebaka I. He inherited a badly-shaken, retreating empire, and did his best to breathe new life into it by attempting to restore the damaged lands of the imperial core, in particular rebuilding the capital city of Kohaita. Though this and his economical assistance to the commoners did allow for a brief respite, the Agade Dag forces soon brought this period of rest to an end with a renewed onslaught that tested Shebakas military skills to the full (see Military Events).
Under Agad-Wen, the military elite grew more and more powerful politically in Akkad, not without the assistance of the temples. Meanwhile, Khalidid Arabia was fully annexed into the Empire, though the Agade Dag Arabs, who continued to assist the Akkadians in their occupation, still were promised an eventual vassal kingdom there.
Upon the long-anticipated death of Tugrul Beg, his highly-popular son Nergui elected to ignore the previously-established order of succession, claiming the throne and murdering his brother Ochir before he could arrange a conspiracy (+1 Tugrulid Confidence). Although there still were other conspiracies and even uprisings, Nergui was largely able to secure power in the Empire.
Korea gradually became more integrated into Jomon; this was to a large extent thanks to the activities of the heiress Turi Takajima.
International Events:
With the activisation of early diplomatic and commercial relations between Chalchitlan and Jomon, the newest Jomonese settlement Nippon began to thrive, gradually expanding in the coastal region to the consternation of some Chalchitlani tribesmen (-1 Chalchitlani Confidence). A far bigger issue, however, is the spreading plague that had reversed both the economic and population growth and now began to spread into the Tepehuani Empire, where it already led to am impressive death toll amongst the urban populations and the northern armies alike.
After a new round of negotiations no less complicated than that which occurred five years ago, the Scandic and Tigranic powers had finally reached upon some kind of a lasting settlement a fairly amiable one, at that, although the Danes were not particularly modest about their victory (+1 Danish Confidence). Rhodris ascension to the title of Telamondessos was recognised, but the relatives of Suessus were allowed to return safely and live on in luxury and privilege (one of them, Drusus, was eventually appointed Kadjorix of Ligania as that country was restored in its new limited borders and put into Galliens sphere of influence). The Caerixians abandoned all claims to Atithrek (and the Picts, somewhat controversially, to most of their insular gains from the previous war) in favour of the Viklanders. The matter of payment was more difficult, due to domestic difficulties in the war-torn Caerix; the Hibernians paid their part to the Danes early on, but Rhodri was forced to stall for the present moment. Last but not least, two royal unions were arranged: Rhodri married High King Galams daughter and arranged for the crown of Pictavia to pass to him and his line upon Galams death (though the two didnt wait for that before beginning to unify their kingdom, as detailed in Domestic Events) and Gorm of Danelaw and Harald of Vikland swore the Oath of Abona, a pact of mutual succession (for details of how that worked out after Haralds death, again see Domestic Events).
In the wake of recent reforms of the Kosmotigrano Caeri, a fresh wave of Neo-Tigranist missionaries from both Hibernia and the Celtic Empire set out towards the ports of Gallien, where they already had an expanding support base.
The Hellenes, exultant in their newly-secured Mediterranean hegemony, began to assert their new position diplomatically. Iberia was officially divided between them and the Teutons (though that was ofcourse easier said than done, the post-Tarekid warlords still being strong in the southwest) and the Western Numidian city-states acknowledged the Emperors loose and nominal authority. Attempts to make the Garamanteans cede their coastal region came to nothing, however, and for now it was left at that.
The standoff between the Gallien and Ligurian armies in southern Langobardia came to a peaceful resolution; in exchange for a Gallien payment, the Ligurians retreated in peace and recognized Emperor Conrad to be King of Langobardia.
Meanwhile, the Hibernians launched a new naval expedition to West Africa. This time, things went better; the expedition lost only a few ships during the entire journey in spite of ferocious storms (-3 Hibernian ships), and actually managed to advance beyond Cape Bojador (though not too far beyond it). This was yet to lead to anything beyond mere exploration, in part thanks to the distances, but there might be some use in further exploration and trade contacts with the natives.
The Mahapurans went to a great length to increase their influence: in Africa, by the means of encouraging missionary activities, and in the Indian Ocean, by setting up the Mahapuran Exchange as a new neutral trade network (hopefully to supplant that of the Bahulatvans thanks to the new big war). Meanwhile, they also made a new leap in their exploration of Africa, exploring the southern coast and setting up trade outposts there.
As per a prior agreement, the Tibetans sold the recently-reconquered areas in the south to the State of Nanyang, their previous owner.
After some negotiations (no doubt aimed at securing their flank) the Prasannans agreed to sell the Sharmathai a part of the Malaya province, granting the Sharmathai access to the Bay of Bengal.
Military Events:
The Tepehuani continued their northwards push, but were hindered by growing resistance, overstretched supply lines and, last but not least, mysterious diseases from the northwest.
(-11 Tepehuani regiments)
Upon the death of Sun-Emperor and Divined Priest Cuyochi, a brief but violent power-struggle ensued between his assorted sons and relatives, spilling over into the military. Ultimately, with the Allillantaqmi regiments behind him, his third son took power as the Sun-Emperor Ayachi.
(-1 Antimaqtan Bureaucracy, -1 Antimaqtan Confidence, -7 Antimaqtan regiments, -2 Allillantaqmi regiments)
The Teutons continued grinding on southwards against the Tarekid warlords. These campaigns often had very uneven results, the Tarekids actually managing to reclaim some ground on a few occasions; still, on the whole the Teutons had succeeded in gaining ground, seizing numerous key forts and a few cities as well.
(-3 Teuton regiments, -3 Teutonic levy regiments)
Meanwhile, the Hellenes made another attempt to retake the Horns of Tigranus. Having learned very little from their previous attempt, they once again charged right into the trap, seeking to find the ex-Tarekid base. Instead, they exposed themselves to a full-on attack by the numerically superior fleet. Although the Hellenes managed to use Arganthine Fire themselves, and although their marines fully seized several Tarekid ships before they sunk, in the end all that the Hellenes were able to accomplish is a disorderly retreat with many casualties. Still, this new attack did take its toll on the defenders, and at the very least it might be possible to simply grind them into dust.
(-3 Hellenic regiments, -4 Hellenic levy regiments, -21 Hellenic ships)
The Army of Gallien under the distinguished Crown Prince Ariba ensured the withdrawal of the Ligurians and then cracked down on the ongoing Slavic tribal uprisings in the east with minimal casualties.
In Gardarike, even as Vladimir received the title of Prince thereof and the powers to go with it, the Danes (later Nordarikans) resumed their campaigning (somewhat interrupted by the war with Suessus) in full force. An expedition up the Western Dvina ended up wresting Polotsk from the rule of a native prince in 766. That petty principality was annexed into Danelaw directly, Polotsk being very important to commerce; the rest of the Danish campaigns, however, were aimed solely at expanding Vladimirs realm by securing key river ports and trade routes. Resistance varied in numbers and ferocity from place to place, but ultimately was too disorganised and haphazard to stop or seriously delay the Scandinavian progress.
(-5 Nordarikan regiments, -3 Nordarikan Torrsviking regiments)
Not to be outdone by the Odrysans in their northwards push, the Singidunians decided to invade the newly-formed principality of Bazhina. Although their efforts at inciting a civil war backfired badly (merely alarming the chieftains of Bazhina that the Singidunians had designs on their country), the Singidunians still had a far superior military; so when, in 768, they invaded, the Bazhinans, for all their ferocity and cunning, found themselves both outnumbered and outmatched, and so were promptly slaughtered at Delitec, their capital. Organised resistance continued until the middle of the next year, when Knes Rastislav and his retainers were cut down by the relentless invaders at Uzgrad. Even though not all the tribes submitted after that, the Singidunians were able to claim victory as they secured all the major urban settlements while the confederacys remnants fell apart.
(-7 Singidunian regiments, -Bazhina as a cohesive polity)
In the meantime, the Odrysans too pushed on against the Slavs, though more conservatively this time. They did successfully and fully crush the resistance to the northwest, advancing to the former borders of Bazhina.
(-2 Odrysan regiments)
Agade Dag forces had resolved to finally end the Mediterranean Wars of Religion by destroying Nubia the last surviving Ashaist empire. Forces were gathered from many nations, and plans were made to attack in three directions. The new Nubian Emperor, Shebaka, was no push-over, however. The second Akkadian invasion of Sumal was halted quickly by a superior Nubian force, and Akkadian efforts to ally with the Sumali tribes were thwarted by Shebakas own diplomacy; even though the Akkadians did manage to secure several settlements in Sumal, they ultimately had to retreat back to the Bahulatvan cities to avoid annihilation. Meanwhile, another Akkadian army (a much larger one, joined in part by the Samarkandians) was hindered by constant raids and denial of naval supply routes by the Nubians as it advanced along the Red Sea coast towards the port of Suakin. Once there, they were confronted by a sizeable Nubian force which managed to fight off the undersupplied attackers. Though attempts at a counter-attack were no more succesful than the attack itself, the attackers ultimately had to fall back while still persistently harried by raiders, taking even more casualties in the process. The main thrust that of the Helleno-Najjaro-Akkadian forces up the Nile initially went much better; the Nubians did put up a respectable resistance, but the Agade Dag forces had superior numbers and a strong river fleet, taking city after city. The defenders finally managed to put their act together in 768, at Swenet, where the overstretched invading army was decisively stopped. However, those victories were evidently not enough. In 769, the Akkadians attacked Suakin again; the Nubians having had to redeploy some of their troops to the Nile theatre and the Akkadians having learned from some of their earlier mistakes, the city eventually fell, though only after a grueling siege that kept the Akkadian army there from joining with the Nilotic one. And in the Second Battle of Swenet, the regrouped and reinforced Agade Dag armies had prevailed over the Nubians, albeit their victory was pyrrhic as the Nubian army retreated in good order and very limited territorial gains were made. Still, on the whole, it would seem that Shebaka had merely delayed the inevitable.
(-4 Hellenic regiments, -2 Hellenic Archelian Guards regiments, -2 Hellenic levy regiments, -3 Hellenic ships, -5 Akkadian regiments, -4 Akkadian Turk Cavalry regiments, -7 Akkadian levy regiments, -6 Najjarian regiments, -3 Samarkandian regiments, -21 Nubian regiments, -9 Nubian Chisulo regiments, -6 Nubian levy regiments)
The Kipchaks had to put down several new Ashaist uprisings during this time.
(-1 Kipchak regiment)
In Arabia, pretty much the same was doen by Akkadian and Paphlagonian forces, which put down several tribal uprisings within the occupied territories and repulsed numerous raids from the unconquered parts of the interior. The forces assigned to the area were not sufficient to actually exterminate most of those areas; although a few oases were captured, the overall area under Agade Dag control actually shrunk (though these losses were never really significant).
(-2 Akkadian regiments, -1 Akkadian Turk Cavalry regiment, -4 Paphlagonian regiments)
As a culmination of nearly two decades worth of diplomatic intrigue, not to mention countless prior developments, the War of Four Tigers began in India. After some confusing diplomatic exchanges between Sitivasas, Bahulatva and Prasanna, the Sitivasan High King Konavrttaijt II decided to put his newly-expanded fleet to a good use and, ignoring the fears of his mercantile advisors, ordered his forces to attack the Bahulatvan Coalescences colonies in Arabia as well as the Girnari Irinate in India, which he reasonably suspected to be in an alliance with the Bahulatvans. In Arabia, Arabic mercenaries troubled the Bahulatvans with their incessant raiding and even overran a large segment of the countryside, but were unable to seriously threaten the Bahulatvan cities. This was because the Sitivasan expeditionary corps sent to help them with siege operations was intercepted by a large Bahulatvan mercenary force; the elite expeditionary corps inflicted many losses, but ultimately the mercenaries were able to advance into southern Magan, where, ironically enough, they were stopped in their tracks by the formidable Sitivasan fortifications of Mascat. The Bahulatvans had hoped to besiege the provincial capital with the help of their main fleet; however, it was distracted by the Sitivasan attempt to capture Soccotra. In the end, the Bahulatvans defeated the outnumbered Sitivasan fleet, forcing it to fall back to Nyayana, but themselves took a considerable beating and so unable to establish a proper blockade until later in 769. The other Sitivasan naval campaign that aimed against Girnar, the infamous overland defenses of which not even the possibly insane Konavrttaijt II dared try attack directly went somewhat better; although it proved impossible to defeat the core of the Girnari fleet in detail, the Sitivasan admiral still managed to catch this main core by surprise and inflicted considerable losses in the following battle, seizing several ships (9 Girnari ships to Sitivasas High Kingdom). The Sitivasan amphibious invasion succeeded in seizing the port of Pobandar, although subsequent battles had it pinned down behind its walls despite coming very close to Girnar itself. The Girnaris decided to take a risk and struck northwards, where they seized several undergarrisoned Sitivasan cities as a buffer zone. However, at this point, the main Sitivasan army attacked from the east, besieging Surat with the help of the fleet. The Girnaris still were able to hold their own, for the most part, but the crippling of their fleet and the apparent inability of the Bahulatvans to assist them spelled doom for the Irinate in the long-term. At this point (late 767), things began to go terribly wrong for the Sitivasans.
Emperor Yaappa I of Prasanna spent the preceding years gathering allies, reaching secret and not-so-secret agreements, preparing defenses on the other side of the High Kingdoms southern borders and rallying his forces. Already in 767, a medium-sized army under General Nandivaraman crossed the Godavari and besieged Dantapura; the Sitivasan forces in the Godavari Valley gave a spirited and serious resistance, and Nandivaraman was initially forced to pull back, though later, with new levies and the help of a vengeful Zubhrabhanu underground movement, the Prasannans were able to capture the city for good and continued to advance northeastwards along the coast. In 768, General Dantidurga led another army over the western sector of the border. Although the Sitivasans were pushed out of the Godavari Valley fully by 769, they had managed to retreat to fortified positions to the north, from where they proved impossible to dislodge. Instead, Dantidurga struck northwestwards with the help of a Bahulatvan force, outflanking some of the Sitivasan fortifications and relieving Surat. Ultimately the Sitivasas did halt the advance in this area, but in truth had only managed to barely achieve a stalemate. In the east, things took a turn for the worse when, after sitting on the sidelines for the first two years, the Banghans brought their elite army into the fray. They struck right into the vulnerable eastern provinces of the High Kingdom, linking up with Nandivaramans troops to finish the conquest of the coast (which forced the Sitivasan eastern fleet to undertake a dangerous, but ultimately very succesful journey to the western ports) and moving into the Gangetic Plain. Sitivasan armies and feudal levies (+30 Sitivasan levy regiments) scurried to counter the invaders, but were defeated by a joined Prasannan-Banghan army at Kothapet in the southeast and by a Banghan force at Kanpur in the north. Ultimately, various distractions and overstretchment kept the Banghans from overwhelming all of the Gangetic Plain, but a large segment of the High Kingdom was nonetheless lost to invaders, while Girnar, though forced to pull out of the Sitivasas territory, was far from defeated (-1 Sitivasas Confidence).
(-24 Sitivasan regiments, -7 Sitivasan levy regiments, -52 Sitivasan ships, -6 Bahulatvan regiments, -16 Bahulatvan ships, -11 Prasannan regiments, -3 Prasannan levy regiments, -7 Girnari regiments, -57 Girnari ships, -11 Banghan regiments)
The Prasannans also continued to prosecute their eastern war. Two Ayutamradvipan invasions of Malaya were repulsed by General Amoghavardha. In the meantime, General Sudatta fought a desperate hit-and-run campaign against Sundanese forces attacking the Prasannans in Swarna Dwipa, losing most of it but holding out in the capital and the nearby jungles where he managed to bleed the invaders white. The Sundanese were also hindered by his fleet; it likewise refused to give the Sundanese Armada a decisive battle, even when it captured several nearby island chains, instead harassing it and making it impossible to establish any secure blockade of the last Prasannan holdouts, ultimately forcing the Sundanese to withdraw in frustration again and again. And in the meantime, Prasannan-hired privateers continued their raids, though none of those were nearly as succesful as those earlier in the decade in Ayutamradvipa. The war had grown very tiresome in general, which was probably the Prasannan intention all along.
(-5 Prasannan regiments, -7 Prasannan ships, -12 Prasannan privateer ships, -5 Ayutramradvipan regiments, -4 Ayutamradvipan ships, -12 Sundanese regiments, -17 Sundanese ships)
Though Nergui Begs ascension to the Tugrulid throne mostly went well, the tribal uprisings and the renewed Tiele incursions no doubt encouraged by the Tibetans had kept the Tugrulids from interfering in the Tibetan War for 766 and most of 767, while the Ayutamradvipan theatre was closed by the sale of the Tibetan coastal lands to neutral Nanyang. Meanwhile, in the Dinghisic Xanate, as everything fell apart and the Xan stubbornly refused to negotiate with Tibetans, a noble conspiracy added to the enthropy, splitting the army and starting a particularly chaotic civil war. It was made all the more chaotic when, instead of trying to attack the Tibetan and Indic mercenary armies to their direct west, the Guanglingese decided on a desperate bid to try and save the Xanate, going on a multi-pronged offensive against the Tibetan southern flank. Although this did disrupt Tibetan plans and positions considerably, the Tibetans still were able to take and raze Horqin, slaying the Xan in the process and practically destroying the Dinghisic Xanate. Surviving Dinghisic forces (6 regiments, 5 levy regiments) retreated to Guanglingese-held areas in the south. There, the Tibetans suffered a costly defeat in their attempt to outflank the Guanglingese defenses; the Chinese had learned to counter the Golden Square formation with the Clam formation that both adapted the Tibetan idea and minimised the damage caused to the defenders by arrow fire with both superior armour and advanced positioning. The same defensive tactic ultimately failed to protect Daxian, but Mangporjes troops still suffered many casualties in that battle, delaying their advance. Still, between the loss of Daxian and the fall of the Xanate, the Guanglingese were forced to commit to a wholly defensive strategy. The Tibetan efforts at breaking these defenses in 767-768 faced many difficulties, not only due to the Guanglingese use of the Clam formation and artillery lines, but also thanks to uprisings behind their lines, the Tugrulid re-entry and occupation of the northern Xanate that kept the Tibetans from consolidating control there and the mutiny of the Sitivasan mercenary troops that were practically co-erced to keep fighting alongside their Banghan enemies without actually being paid or being allowed to leave as per the High Kings request. Though the Tibeto-Banghan forces forced the Guanglingese to fall back from the northwestern prefectures of the Republic and chased them out of the Shandong Peninsula, in the south the Sitivasans disrupted the attack and allied with the local Guanglingese commander, Mao Dao Gong, who then also thwarted the Tibetan attempts to cross the Yangtze (largely thanks to the Guanglingese river fleet). The destruction of the Tibetan riverboat flotilla was a considerable setback, as was the near-ejection of the Tibetans from the Huang He valley in 769 by a desperate coordinated offensive by the Tugrulids and the Guanglingese navy. While the Tibetans were now hard-pressed to hold on to their gains, they still did manage to win three consecutive battles at Quxian, which then was secured as their forward base of operations within the Republic. Still, the overstretchment which continued to take its toll off the Tibetan economy as well as the military remained a major problem (-1 Tibetan Confidence). The Guanglingese, meanwhile, had to deal with a war that progressed into their territory, with streams of refugees as its harbringers (-1 Guanglingese Living Standards, Confidence). Still, both sides remained seemingly unrelenting, even as warfare temporarily detiriorated into skirmishing.
(-3 Sitivasan regiments, -14 Tibetan regiments, -7 Tibetan Tenzin regiments, -3 Tibetan levy regiments, -17 Guanglingese regiments, -16 Guanglingese levy regiments, -3 Guanglingese Renmin Bing regiments, -5 Guanglingese ships, -4 Banghan regiments, -5 Tugrulid regiments, -1 Tugrulid Sons of Enlil regiment, -4 Tugrulid levy regiments, -Dinghisic Xanate as a cohesive polity)
Random Events:
Lughenburg suffered from desertion problems, and other bad side-effects of having an unmaintainable army (-5 regiments, Economy into Crisis, -1 Living Standards, -1 Confidence).
The charismatic Prince Ranenli of Makapura had managed to gather extraordinary amounts of support from the Agade Dag clans (+2 Confidence).
Special Bonuses:
Best Political Maneuvering: Danelaw (+1 Bureaucracy).
Best Story: Mahapura (+1 Confidence).
NPC Diplo:
From: New Nubian Empire
To: The Agade Dag Powers
Though you have conquered many cities, you still have not conquered Nubia. Know that I still have the heart to fight on, and that even if you win your empires shall themselves be half-dead from the effort and easy pickings for others. Therefore I must suggest that we cease this war, and tend to other pressing matters instead.
OOC:
Domestic Events:
Upon the end of the Eldslandic Dyarchy, Ingharr Bjornsson the son of Bjorn Olafsson ascended to the throne as the second true monarch of Eldsland, establishing a proper monarchic tradition and institutions with his reforms (+1 Confidence). Meanwhile, the remnants of the southern coast had been successfully secured. Progress in the north was slower.
The new Hibernian High King, Colieain mac Adhaimh, disbanded the system of Low Kingdoms, consolidating royal power. This move might have been seen as outrageous and led to a bitter civil war in earlier times, but in this case it came as the culmination of decades of socio-economical evolution that, thanks to royal reforms and growing commerce, led to the erosion of the old system. Still, not all were happy; and greater consternation (in part also that of Caerixian religious authorities) still was caused by Colieains eccentric policy of reappointing the Low Kings as local bishops; all in all, the new king wasnt nearly as well liked as his senile, newly-deceased father (-2 Hibernian Confidence).
In Arecomicia, as per the agreement of High King Galam and Telamondessos Rhodri, a new unified state was created and tentatively named the Celtic Empire. Soon after, several reforms were to introduced, both to draw the two polities closer together directly and to create a stronger foundation for the new empire. The military was formally unified (though that meant fairly little beyond common supreme command). The relative vacuum of power created by the collapse of the former social order in Suessus waning days in parts of Caerix was filled with a new, meritocratically-promoted petty nobility. Though the Telamondessos remained Head of the Church, clerical hierarchy was now further separated from the political bureaucracy and emphasis on the missionary activities grew. Meanwhile, Suessus noble council was restored and restructured into a tri-cameral organisation, with the Mohr-Connáil as a separate high council of the monarchs closest advisors, the Taibhard for the uppermost nobility (especially that of Pictavia and of the Turenid Houses) and the Taibsligh for petty nobility and the wealthy merchants. This was in order to harness support from the lower ranks of the population without antagonizing the upper, as well as to grant the new state much needed flexibility, though thus far it did not move any further with its reforms. For the most part, the new reforms were accepted (whether gladly or grudgingly), but the caution was probably not unwarranted as the southern country, at least, was still very much shaken.
With the death of Harald of Vikland and in accordance with the Oath of Abona (which the Viklander nobility neither dared nor largely wished to oppose, having been both intimidated and impressed by the succesful war against Caerix), Gorm of Danelaw had united the entirety of the Scandic world. Upon this tremendous occasion, Gorm claimed for himself the title of Raven King and proclaimed the creation of an unified realm of the Norse Nordarike. Although the capital (at least for now) remained in Aarhus, the Viklander nobles were suitably appeased and persuaded that they shall both retain their privileges and have an important place in the new regime. In the meantime, on the other side of the Baltic, the Latgallian principalities were fully integrated into the new realm as well, while the ever-expanding Slavic possessions were unified under Vladimir of Gnezdovo as the Principality of Gardarike, which was granted a great deal of autonomy but ultimately remained under Nordarikan control and scrutiny.
Fearing overstertchment, the Lughenburgers annexed the eastern half of Ashaist Burgundsrich, ignoring the west, at least for now.
After a grand ceremony, Emperor Conrad officially became the King of Langobardia, as the country was politically integrated into Gallien.
Under a rapid succession of poor rulers and with unwelcome changes in the key trade routes, Rzeka entered a definite decline (-2 Rzekan Confidence, -1 Rzekan Living Standards).
With the completion of the Archopolis in the place of the former Arecomos, the Imperial Hellenic Ascendancy officially came into being, Archelus taking the title of Ascendant Hegemon and Arganthinopolis and Heraklion becoming centres for the two halves of the far-flung naval empire (though technically, greater importance was granted to the High Archonates in lesser regional centres) (+1 Hellenic Confidence).
In Nubia, a new Emperor rose to the throne under the name of Shebaka I. He inherited a badly-shaken, retreating empire, and did his best to breathe new life into it by attempting to restore the damaged lands of the imperial core, in particular rebuilding the capital city of Kohaita. Though this and his economical assistance to the commoners did allow for a brief respite, the Agade Dag forces soon brought this period of rest to an end with a renewed onslaught that tested Shebakas military skills to the full (see Military Events).
Under Agad-Wen, the military elite grew more and more powerful politically in Akkad, not without the assistance of the temples. Meanwhile, Khalidid Arabia was fully annexed into the Empire, though the Agade Dag Arabs, who continued to assist the Akkadians in their occupation, still were promised an eventual vassal kingdom there.
Upon the long-anticipated death of Tugrul Beg, his highly-popular son Nergui elected to ignore the previously-established order of succession, claiming the throne and murdering his brother Ochir before he could arrange a conspiracy (+1 Tugrulid Confidence). Although there still were other conspiracies and even uprisings, Nergui was largely able to secure power in the Empire.
Korea gradually became more integrated into Jomon; this was to a large extent thanks to the activities of the heiress Turi Takajima.
International Events:
With the activisation of early diplomatic and commercial relations between Chalchitlan and Jomon, the newest Jomonese settlement Nippon began to thrive, gradually expanding in the coastal region to the consternation of some Chalchitlani tribesmen (-1 Chalchitlani Confidence). A far bigger issue, however, is the spreading plague that had reversed both the economic and population growth and now began to spread into the Tepehuani Empire, where it already led to am impressive death toll amongst the urban populations and the northern armies alike.
After a new round of negotiations no less complicated than that which occurred five years ago, the Scandic and Tigranic powers had finally reached upon some kind of a lasting settlement a fairly amiable one, at that, although the Danes were not particularly modest about their victory (+1 Danish Confidence). Rhodris ascension to the title of Telamondessos was recognised, but the relatives of Suessus were allowed to return safely and live on in luxury and privilege (one of them, Drusus, was eventually appointed Kadjorix of Ligania as that country was restored in its new limited borders and put into Galliens sphere of influence). The Caerixians abandoned all claims to Atithrek (and the Picts, somewhat controversially, to most of their insular gains from the previous war) in favour of the Viklanders. The matter of payment was more difficult, due to domestic difficulties in the war-torn Caerix; the Hibernians paid their part to the Danes early on, but Rhodri was forced to stall for the present moment. Last but not least, two royal unions were arranged: Rhodri married High King Galams daughter and arranged for the crown of Pictavia to pass to him and his line upon Galams death (though the two didnt wait for that before beginning to unify their kingdom, as detailed in Domestic Events) and Gorm of Danelaw and Harald of Vikland swore the Oath of Abona, a pact of mutual succession (for details of how that worked out after Haralds death, again see Domestic Events).
In the wake of recent reforms of the Kosmotigrano Caeri, a fresh wave of Neo-Tigranist missionaries from both Hibernia and the Celtic Empire set out towards the ports of Gallien, where they already had an expanding support base.
The Hellenes, exultant in their newly-secured Mediterranean hegemony, began to assert their new position diplomatically. Iberia was officially divided between them and the Teutons (though that was ofcourse easier said than done, the post-Tarekid warlords still being strong in the southwest) and the Western Numidian city-states acknowledged the Emperors loose and nominal authority. Attempts to make the Garamanteans cede their coastal region came to nothing, however, and for now it was left at that.
The standoff between the Gallien and Ligurian armies in southern Langobardia came to a peaceful resolution; in exchange for a Gallien payment, the Ligurians retreated in peace and recognized Emperor Conrad to be King of Langobardia.
Meanwhile, the Hibernians launched a new naval expedition to West Africa. This time, things went better; the expedition lost only a few ships during the entire journey in spite of ferocious storms (-3 Hibernian ships), and actually managed to advance beyond Cape Bojador (though not too far beyond it). This was yet to lead to anything beyond mere exploration, in part thanks to the distances, but there might be some use in further exploration and trade contacts with the natives.
The Mahapurans went to a great length to increase their influence: in Africa, by the means of encouraging missionary activities, and in the Indian Ocean, by setting up the Mahapuran Exchange as a new neutral trade network (hopefully to supplant that of the Bahulatvans thanks to the new big war). Meanwhile, they also made a new leap in their exploration of Africa, exploring the southern coast and setting up trade outposts there.
As per a prior agreement, the Tibetans sold the recently-reconquered areas in the south to the State of Nanyang, their previous owner.
After some negotiations (no doubt aimed at securing their flank) the Prasannans agreed to sell the Sharmathai a part of the Malaya province, granting the Sharmathai access to the Bay of Bengal.
Military Events:
The Tepehuani continued their northwards push, but were hindered by growing resistance, overstretched supply lines and, last but not least, mysterious diseases from the northwest.
(-11 Tepehuani regiments)
Upon the death of Sun-Emperor and Divined Priest Cuyochi, a brief but violent power-struggle ensued between his assorted sons and relatives, spilling over into the military. Ultimately, with the Allillantaqmi regiments behind him, his third son took power as the Sun-Emperor Ayachi.
(-1 Antimaqtan Bureaucracy, -1 Antimaqtan Confidence, -7 Antimaqtan regiments, -2 Allillantaqmi regiments)
The Teutons continued grinding on southwards against the Tarekid warlords. These campaigns often had very uneven results, the Tarekids actually managing to reclaim some ground on a few occasions; still, on the whole the Teutons had succeeded in gaining ground, seizing numerous key forts and a few cities as well.
(-3 Teuton regiments, -3 Teutonic levy regiments)
Meanwhile, the Hellenes made another attempt to retake the Horns of Tigranus. Having learned very little from their previous attempt, they once again charged right into the trap, seeking to find the ex-Tarekid base. Instead, they exposed themselves to a full-on attack by the numerically superior fleet. Although the Hellenes managed to use Arganthine Fire themselves, and although their marines fully seized several Tarekid ships before they sunk, in the end all that the Hellenes were able to accomplish is a disorderly retreat with many casualties. Still, this new attack did take its toll on the defenders, and at the very least it might be possible to simply grind them into dust.
(-3 Hellenic regiments, -4 Hellenic levy regiments, -21 Hellenic ships)
The Army of Gallien under the distinguished Crown Prince Ariba ensured the withdrawal of the Ligurians and then cracked down on the ongoing Slavic tribal uprisings in the east with minimal casualties.
In Gardarike, even as Vladimir received the title of Prince thereof and the powers to go with it, the Danes (later Nordarikans) resumed their campaigning (somewhat interrupted by the war with Suessus) in full force. An expedition up the Western Dvina ended up wresting Polotsk from the rule of a native prince in 766. That petty principality was annexed into Danelaw directly, Polotsk being very important to commerce; the rest of the Danish campaigns, however, were aimed solely at expanding Vladimirs realm by securing key river ports and trade routes. Resistance varied in numbers and ferocity from place to place, but ultimately was too disorganised and haphazard to stop or seriously delay the Scandinavian progress.
(-5 Nordarikan regiments, -3 Nordarikan Torrsviking regiments)
Not to be outdone by the Odrysans in their northwards push, the Singidunians decided to invade the newly-formed principality of Bazhina. Although their efforts at inciting a civil war backfired badly (merely alarming the chieftains of Bazhina that the Singidunians had designs on their country), the Singidunians still had a far superior military; so when, in 768, they invaded, the Bazhinans, for all their ferocity and cunning, found themselves both outnumbered and outmatched, and so were promptly slaughtered at Delitec, their capital. Organised resistance continued until the middle of the next year, when Knes Rastislav and his retainers were cut down by the relentless invaders at Uzgrad. Even though not all the tribes submitted after that, the Singidunians were able to claim victory as they secured all the major urban settlements while the confederacys remnants fell apart.
(-7 Singidunian regiments, -Bazhina as a cohesive polity)
In the meantime, the Odrysans too pushed on against the Slavs, though more conservatively this time. They did successfully and fully crush the resistance to the northwest, advancing to the former borders of Bazhina.
(-2 Odrysan regiments)
Agade Dag forces had resolved to finally end the Mediterranean Wars of Religion by destroying Nubia the last surviving Ashaist empire. Forces were gathered from many nations, and plans were made to attack in three directions. The new Nubian Emperor, Shebaka, was no push-over, however. The second Akkadian invasion of Sumal was halted quickly by a superior Nubian force, and Akkadian efforts to ally with the Sumali tribes were thwarted by Shebakas own diplomacy; even though the Akkadians did manage to secure several settlements in Sumal, they ultimately had to retreat back to the Bahulatvan cities to avoid annihilation. Meanwhile, another Akkadian army (a much larger one, joined in part by the Samarkandians) was hindered by constant raids and denial of naval supply routes by the Nubians as it advanced along the Red Sea coast towards the port of Suakin. Once there, they were confronted by a sizeable Nubian force which managed to fight off the undersupplied attackers. Though attempts at a counter-attack were no more succesful than the attack itself, the attackers ultimately had to fall back while still persistently harried by raiders, taking even more casualties in the process. The main thrust that of the Helleno-Najjaro-Akkadian forces up the Nile initially went much better; the Nubians did put up a respectable resistance, but the Agade Dag forces had superior numbers and a strong river fleet, taking city after city. The defenders finally managed to put their act together in 768, at Swenet, where the overstretched invading army was decisively stopped. However, those victories were evidently not enough. In 769, the Akkadians attacked Suakin again; the Nubians having had to redeploy some of their troops to the Nile theatre and the Akkadians having learned from some of their earlier mistakes, the city eventually fell, though only after a grueling siege that kept the Akkadian army there from joining with the Nilotic one. And in the Second Battle of Swenet, the regrouped and reinforced Agade Dag armies had prevailed over the Nubians, albeit their victory was pyrrhic as the Nubian army retreated in good order and very limited territorial gains were made. Still, on the whole, it would seem that Shebaka had merely delayed the inevitable.
(-4 Hellenic regiments, -2 Hellenic Archelian Guards regiments, -2 Hellenic levy regiments, -3 Hellenic ships, -5 Akkadian regiments, -4 Akkadian Turk Cavalry regiments, -7 Akkadian levy regiments, -6 Najjarian regiments, -3 Samarkandian regiments, -21 Nubian regiments, -9 Nubian Chisulo regiments, -6 Nubian levy regiments)
The Kipchaks had to put down several new Ashaist uprisings during this time.
(-1 Kipchak regiment)
In Arabia, pretty much the same was doen by Akkadian and Paphlagonian forces, which put down several tribal uprisings within the occupied territories and repulsed numerous raids from the unconquered parts of the interior. The forces assigned to the area were not sufficient to actually exterminate most of those areas; although a few oases were captured, the overall area under Agade Dag control actually shrunk (though these losses were never really significant).
(-2 Akkadian regiments, -1 Akkadian Turk Cavalry regiment, -4 Paphlagonian regiments)
As a culmination of nearly two decades worth of diplomatic intrigue, not to mention countless prior developments, the War of Four Tigers began in India. After some confusing diplomatic exchanges between Sitivasas, Bahulatva and Prasanna, the Sitivasan High King Konavrttaijt II decided to put his newly-expanded fleet to a good use and, ignoring the fears of his mercantile advisors, ordered his forces to attack the Bahulatvan Coalescences colonies in Arabia as well as the Girnari Irinate in India, which he reasonably suspected to be in an alliance with the Bahulatvans. In Arabia, Arabic mercenaries troubled the Bahulatvans with their incessant raiding and even overran a large segment of the countryside, but were unable to seriously threaten the Bahulatvan cities. This was because the Sitivasan expeditionary corps sent to help them with siege operations was intercepted by a large Bahulatvan mercenary force; the elite expeditionary corps inflicted many losses, but ultimately the mercenaries were able to advance into southern Magan, where, ironically enough, they were stopped in their tracks by the formidable Sitivasan fortifications of Mascat. The Bahulatvans had hoped to besiege the provincial capital with the help of their main fleet; however, it was distracted by the Sitivasan attempt to capture Soccotra. In the end, the Bahulatvans defeated the outnumbered Sitivasan fleet, forcing it to fall back to Nyayana, but themselves took a considerable beating and so unable to establish a proper blockade until later in 769. The other Sitivasan naval campaign that aimed against Girnar, the infamous overland defenses of which not even the possibly insane Konavrttaijt II dared try attack directly went somewhat better; although it proved impossible to defeat the core of the Girnari fleet in detail, the Sitivasan admiral still managed to catch this main core by surprise and inflicted considerable losses in the following battle, seizing several ships (9 Girnari ships to Sitivasas High Kingdom). The Sitivasan amphibious invasion succeeded in seizing the port of Pobandar, although subsequent battles had it pinned down behind its walls despite coming very close to Girnar itself. The Girnaris decided to take a risk and struck northwards, where they seized several undergarrisoned Sitivasan cities as a buffer zone. However, at this point, the main Sitivasan army attacked from the east, besieging Surat with the help of the fleet. The Girnaris still were able to hold their own, for the most part, but the crippling of their fleet and the apparent inability of the Bahulatvans to assist them spelled doom for the Irinate in the long-term. At this point (late 767), things began to go terribly wrong for the Sitivasans.
Emperor Yaappa I of Prasanna spent the preceding years gathering allies, reaching secret and not-so-secret agreements, preparing defenses on the other side of the High Kingdoms southern borders and rallying his forces. Already in 767, a medium-sized army under General Nandivaraman crossed the Godavari and besieged Dantapura; the Sitivasan forces in the Godavari Valley gave a spirited and serious resistance, and Nandivaraman was initially forced to pull back, though later, with new levies and the help of a vengeful Zubhrabhanu underground movement, the Prasannans were able to capture the city for good and continued to advance northeastwards along the coast. In 768, General Dantidurga led another army over the western sector of the border. Although the Sitivasans were pushed out of the Godavari Valley fully by 769, they had managed to retreat to fortified positions to the north, from where they proved impossible to dislodge. Instead, Dantidurga struck northwestwards with the help of a Bahulatvan force, outflanking some of the Sitivasan fortifications and relieving Surat. Ultimately the Sitivasas did halt the advance in this area, but in truth had only managed to barely achieve a stalemate. In the east, things took a turn for the worse when, after sitting on the sidelines for the first two years, the Banghans brought their elite army into the fray. They struck right into the vulnerable eastern provinces of the High Kingdom, linking up with Nandivaramans troops to finish the conquest of the coast (which forced the Sitivasan eastern fleet to undertake a dangerous, but ultimately very succesful journey to the western ports) and moving into the Gangetic Plain. Sitivasan armies and feudal levies (+30 Sitivasan levy regiments) scurried to counter the invaders, but were defeated by a joined Prasannan-Banghan army at Kothapet in the southeast and by a Banghan force at Kanpur in the north. Ultimately, various distractions and overstretchment kept the Banghans from overwhelming all of the Gangetic Plain, but a large segment of the High Kingdom was nonetheless lost to invaders, while Girnar, though forced to pull out of the Sitivasas territory, was far from defeated (-1 Sitivasas Confidence).
(-24 Sitivasan regiments, -7 Sitivasan levy regiments, -52 Sitivasan ships, -6 Bahulatvan regiments, -16 Bahulatvan ships, -11 Prasannan regiments, -3 Prasannan levy regiments, -7 Girnari regiments, -57 Girnari ships, -11 Banghan regiments)
The Prasannans also continued to prosecute their eastern war. Two Ayutamradvipan invasions of Malaya were repulsed by General Amoghavardha. In the meantime, General Sudatta fought a desperate hit-and-run campaign against Sundanese forces attacking the Prasannans in Swarna Dwipa, losing most of it but holding out in the capital and the nearby jungles where he managed to bleed the invaders white. The Sundanese were also hindered by his fleet; it likewise refused to give the Sundanese Armada a decisive battle, even when it captured several nearby island chains, instead harassing it and making it impossible to establish any secure blockade of the last Prasannan holdouts, ultimately forcing the Sundanese to withdraw in frustration again and again. And in the meantime, Prasannan-hired privateers continued their raids, though none of those were nearly as succesful as those earlier in the decade in Ayutamradvipa. The war had grown very tiresome in general, which was probably the Prasannan intention all along.
(-5 Prasannan regiments, -7 Prasannan ships, -12 Prasannan privateer ships, -5 Ayutramradvipan regiments, -4 Ayutamradvipan ships, -12 Sundanese regiments, -17 Sundanese ships)
Though Nergui Begs ascension to the Tugrulid throne mostly went well, the tribal uprisings and the renewed Tiele incursions no doubt encouraged by the Tibetans had kept the Tugrulids from interfering in the Tibetan War for 766 and most of 767, while the Ayutamradvipan theatre was closed by the sale of the Tibetan coastal lands to neutral Nanyang. Meanwhile, in the Dinghisic Xanate, as everything fell apart and the Xan stubbornly refused to negotiate with Tibetans, a noble conspiracy added to the enthropy, splitting the army and starting a particularly chaotic civil war. It was made all the more chaotic when, instead of trying to attack the Tibetan and Indic mercenary armies to their direct west, the Guanglingese decided on a desperate bid to try and save the Xanate, going on a multi-pronged offensive against the Tibetan southern flank. Although this did disrupt Tibetan plans and positions considerably, the Tibetans still were able to take and raze Horqin, slaying the Xan in the process and practically destroying the Dinghisic Xanate. Surviving Dinghisic forces (6 regiments, 5 levy regiments) retreated to Guanglingese-held areas in the south. There, the Tibetans suffered a costly defeat in their attempt to outflank the Guanglingese defenses; the Chinese had learned to counter the Golden Square formation with the Clam formation that both adapted the Tibetan idea and minimised the damage caused to the defenders by arrow fire with both superior armour and advanced positioning. The same defensive tactic ultimately failed to protect Daxian, but Mangporjes troops still suffered many casualties in that battle, delaying their advance. Still, between the loss of Daxian and the fall of the Xanate, the Guanglingese were forced to commit to a wholly defensive strategy. The Tibetan efforts at breaking these defenses in 767-768 faced many difficulties, not only due to the Guanglingese use of the Clam formation and artillery lines, but also thanks to uprisings behind their lines, the Tugrulid re-entry and occupation of the northern Xanate that kept the Tibetans from consolidating control there and the mutiny of the Sitivasan mercenary troops that were practically co-erced to keep fighting alongside their Banghan enemies without actually being paid or being allowed to leave as per the High Kings request. Though the Tibeto-Banghan forces forced the Guanglingese to fall back from the northwestern prefectures of the Republic and chased them out of the Shandong Peninsula, in the south the Sitivasans disrupted the attack and allied with the local Guanglingese commander, Mao Dao Gong, who then also thwarted the Tibetan attempts to cross the Yangtze (largely thanks to the Guanglingese river fleet). The destruction of the Tibetan riverboat flotilla was a considerable setback, as was the near-ejection of the Tibetans from the Huang He valley in 769 by a desperate coordinated offensive by the Tugrulids and the Guanglingese navy. While the Tibetans were now hard-pressed to hold on to their gains, they still did manage to win three consecutive battles at Quxian, which then was secured as their forward base of operations within the Republic. Still, the overstretchment which continued to take its toll off the Tibetan economy as well as the military remained a major problem (-1 Tibetan Confidence). The Guanglingese, meanwhile, had to deal with a war that progressed into their territory, with streams of refugees as its harbringers (-1 Guanglingese Living Standards, Confidence). Still, both sides remained seemingly unrelenting, even as warfare temporarily detiriorated into skirmishing.
(-3 Sitivasan regiments, -14 Tibetan regiments, -7 Tibetan Tenzin regiments, -3 Tibetan levy regiments, -17 Guanglingese regiments, -16 Guanglingese levy regiments, -3 Guanglingese Renmin Bing regiments, -5 Guanglingese ships, -4 Banghan regiments, -5 Tugrulid regiments, -1 Tugrulid Sons of Enlil regiment, -4 Tugrulid levy regiments, -Dinghisic Xanate as a cohesive polity)
Random Events:
Lughenburg suffered from desertion problems, and other bad side-effects of having an unmaintainable army (-5 regiments, Economy into Crisis, -1 Living Standards, -1 Confidence).
The charismatic Prince Ranenli of Makapura had managed to gather extraordinary amounts of support from the Agade Dag clans (+2 Confidence).
Special Bonuses:
Best Political Maneuvering: Danelaw (+1 Bureaucracy).
Best Story: Mahapura (+1 Confidence).
NPC Diplo:
From: New Nubian Empire
To: The Agade Dag Powers
Though you have conquered many cities, you still have not conquered Nubia. Know that I still have the heart to fight on, and that even if you win your empires shall themselves be half-dead from the effort and easy pickings for others. Therefore I must suggest that we cease this war, and tend to other pressing matters instead.
OOC:
das
Regeneration In Process
Nice update as always das (even though I only read half so far). But what a poor place to stop... though it's your call of course.
Is Nubia NPC now? In that case I'll pass along the peace treaty that Wubba foolishly declined.
Is Nubia NPC now? In that case I'll pass along the peace treaty that Wubba foolishly declined.
Abaddon
Deity
Woopa!
Why the panic to BT?
Why the panic to BT?
MjM
Deity
There should be a BT now, so I can pick a new nation.
das
Regeneration In Process
Nice update as always das (even though I only read half so far). But what a poor place to stop... though it's your call of course.
Is Nubia NPC now? In that case I'll pass along the peace treaty that Wubba foolishly declined.
Thanks, as good a place as any (at least Europe is more or less quiet now), Nubia is as NPC as it gets and care to repost that treaty?
Flavius Aetius
Ruler Of Liguria
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How can Gallien and Danish economy expand so rapidly?
But it was a very good update.
But it was a very good update.
JosefStalinator
Я буду снова здесь
I was wondering the same thing... the baltic trade isn't THAT lucrative.
Regardless, excellent update Das! I still live! Though you may wanna look over the nation description, its a bit out-dated now...
das
Regeneration In Process
Gallien integrated a large region and rode the wave of recovering commerce.
Danelaw/Nordarike has not only unified the Scandic world, but also established stronger control over the riverine trade in northern and eastern Europe. That's... big.
I figured that it might be a waste of effort in the face of the impending end of the world.
Abaddon
Deity
Is disease killing off any progress I am attempting to achieve via my spending?
JosefStalinator
Я буду снова здесь
das
Regeneration In Process
Why yes, as a matter of fact it is.
One day...
Perfectionist
Angel of Verdun
OOC: Wonderful! Though I'd prefer if we called Vladimir Valdamarr
das
Regeneration In Process
Though I'd prefer if we called Vladimir Valdamarr
I'm sure that's what you call him.
I would've called him that too, but I assumed that you want to use a local nobleman.
Head Serf
Emperor
Great update! Glad to see my efforts at centralizing worked without too much in the ways of side-effects.
Symphony D.
Deity
OOC: Oooh, not even a mention. Burned. Quite nice though. I suppose no news is good news? My project should be at 2/4 though, not that it really matters if we're going to BT.
My project should be at 2/4 though, not that it really matters if we're going to BT.Similar threads
